{"id":19695,"date":"2013-12-19T07:26:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T23:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=19695"},"modified":"2017-02-25T12:25:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T04:25:06","slug":"kids-17mm-25mm-etc-part-17-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2013\/12\/19\/kids-17mm-25mm-etc-part-17-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids @ 17mm, 25mm etc. \u2013 Part 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ling was sharing a story that she posted on Facebook just this morning. Conversations with Hannah again.<\/p>\n

H<\/strong>: Mommy, what’s the fan for?
\nMommy<\/strong>: To cool us down when we feel hot.
\nH<\/strong>: Orh.
\nH<\/strong>: It can also blow my hair dry.
\nMommy<\/strong>: Yup.
\nH<\/strong>: Mommy, what’s the fan for?
\nMommy<\/strong>: No more already.
\nH<\/strong>: No, it can also blow the mosquitoes away so that they won’t bite me when I’m sleeping at night.
\nMommy<\/strong>: Oh, okay.
\nH<\/strong>: *giving me a cheeky grin*<\/p>\n

It might just be a thing about young children, but they sure are fond of saying or pointing out the most obvious things! Or maybe she just likes an audience, and goes about chatting to everyone who is around her, and to herself when there are none within earshot. To be fair, we’re of mixed feelings here. On one hand, we’re thrilled that she’ll go out of her way to engage with us. On the other hand, we wonder if she’s just a little too friendly and without restraint! On a couple of occasions now when we’re out of home at shopping malls, she’ll bring along Disney character stickers, and give them out to other children she walks past. And we’ve observed before too that she has no compunctions telling others off when they do things she believes to be wrong – like shushing other children in the public if they make too much noise around her and if Peter is trying to nap in his pram. So far we’ve not had angry glares from irate parents in return yet, but who knows.=)<\/p>\n

And of Peter; we were again reminded last week how quickly stronger he’s grown compared to Hannah at coming to six months old. It often takes the both of us to apply his facial creams to deal with his drool rash, and when we’re arm carrying him, he’ll continuously struggle to break free – and we’ve found ourselves having to exert a lot of energy just trying to keep him from tumbling off our arms. I guess it comes down to gender; many parents have shared before how more energetic baby boys are compared to baby girls. I imagine how different we’d be feeling if Peter had come first before Hannah – we were would be appreciating how much easier Hannah is to carry than her brother.<\/p>\n

Several more pictures too taken over the last fortnight, including on my birthday.<\/p>\n

\"Dinner
Dinner at one of our favorite restaurant hangouts at Hougang Mall – Ichiban Sushi. We like the clean ambiance, and good family-friendly selection of Japanese cuisine. Mommy has become quite adept at eating with one hand and cradling Peter with the other.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Shortly
Shortly after this photo was taken, Peter reached out and pulled Hannah’s hair, leaving her just a little crossed with her baby brother.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Peace
Peace on earth reigns when Peter finally naps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hannah
Hannah wearing the Baju Kurung at the newly opened Bedok Mall – she enjoys dressing up!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Helping
Helping herself to the complimentary birthday ice-cream at Lenas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hannah
Hannah has quite taken to the child-oriented Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 for kids; this was at Toys R’ Us at Tampines Mall on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About the latter – I’m a little tempted to get the Tab 3 for kids for Hannah – it’s really loaded up the gills with child-friendly applications, several of which seem quite educational, and it helps that the tablet comes with parental controls for accessibility and the like – e.g. to control usage. Hannah enjoys her gadgets time, but at least she doesn’t pine after them too much, which at least removes my concern about addiction to these toys if we were to get her one at some point later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ling was sharing a story that she posted on Facebook just this morning. Conversations with Hannah again. H: Mommy, what’s the fan for? Mommy: To cool us down when we feel hot. H: Orh. H: It can also blow my<\/p>\n

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